The brass in the pics below is 5.56x45mm. It is once-fired Lake City, fired through a Smith & Wesson M&P-15.
Every round fired through this rifle leaves either one ding or two on the neck of the ejected brass. Most have two dings; some have one.
The dings seem to be just a bit more than superficial (a glorified scratch). You can see in the second pic that the dings don't go through or mis-form the inside of the cartridge neck. I'm guessing the dings are from hitting the lugs while feeding, but I'm not certain.
Is this safe to reload? I'm probably being overly cautious, but I'm new to reloading and don't want to do anything foolish.
Thanks for your input.
Every round fired through this rifle leaves either one ding or two on the neck of the ejected brass. Most have two dings; some have one.
The dings seem to be just a bit more than superficial (a glorified scratch). You can see in the second pic that the dings don't go through or mis-form the inside of the cartridge neck. I'm guessing the dings are from hitting the lugs while feeding, but I'm not certain.
Is this safe to reload? I'm probably being overly cautious, but I'm new to reloading and don't want to do anything foolish.
Thanks for your input.